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&gt; Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge trip to China<br>&gt; From: cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com<br>&gt; To: maltman23@hotmail.com<br>&gt; CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>&gt; Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:47:52 -0700<br>&gt; <br>&gt; On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 00:20 -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; Several people have contacted me off-list saying that they are<br>&gt; &gt; interested in a Noisebridge trip to China.<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; The dates aren't set yet, but we will probably leave on 15-September,<br>&gt; &gt; or so, and then come back about 10 days later. The dates really<br>&gt; &gt; depend on Mike, since his time is most limited (and he's the head of<br>&gt; &gt; the contract manufacturing company).<br>&gt; <br>&gt; [...]<br>&gt; <br>&gt; &gt; Since there is obviously considerable interest in this trip, I'll<br>&gt; &gt; create a wiki page for it when I have some time (which may take a few<br>&gt; &gt; days, as I'm leaving for Vienna in a few hours).<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; Mitch.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Do the Chinese just let you enter the country when you show up, or do<br>&gt; you need to jump through a lot of hoops at a consulate to get a visa?<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Getting a visa (and a valid passport to put it in) might be rather time<br>&gt; consuming.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; What are your experiences with visa for China?<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Christoph<br><br><br>You need a visa to enter China.&nbsp; I've gotten them several times before.&nbsp; It is easiest to get a tourist visa, which is what everyone will get for this trip.&nbsp; To get the visa, we'll need exact dates (which we'll get soon).&nbsp; You can get a visa fairly fast -- as I remember, it took me two day: visit the Chinese consulate with all the paperwork, and the next day to go to the consulate to pick it my passport with the visa pasted in.<br><br>http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/<br><br><br>Mitch.<br><br>&nbsp; </body>
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